Family7 with Medair in South Sudan: refugees in a war torn country. Episode 3/4

Описание: In November 2014, Dutch television channel Family7 joined international relief organisation Medair to explore the growing refugee situation in South Sudan.

Together they travelled to Maban County, Upper Nile State, located in the north-east of the country, to Yusuf Batil Camp where Medair is providing vital water, sanitation, and hygiene support, as well as health and nutrition services, to more than 40,000 Sudanese refugees.

In this episode, the third in a four-part series, Family7 reports on the dire circumstances of people affected by war. You'll see their travels and experiences of Yusuf Batil Camp, where Family7 captures the struggles refugees face and the ongoing crisis for food. You'll see the water situation and you'll all of a sudden be taken to an emergency. And we meet Haja, who is fetching water. A young women who fled the bombings in her village. She saw the tragedies with her own eyes.

South Sudan became an independent nation on 9 July 2011. Medair has been present in South Sudan since 1991, and since the most recent conflict began in December 2013, has assisted thousands of affected people through nutrition, health, water and sanitation, and emergency shelter. The organisation has the capacity to respond to both short- and long-term emergencies wherever they arise in all of the 10 states of South Sudan.

Medair's programme in Maban, South Sudan is supported by Common Humanitarian Fund, E.C Directorate-General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC, United States Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration.

This documentary was produced with resources gathered by Family7. The views expressed herein are those solely of Family7 and should not be taken, in any way, to reflect the official opinion of any other organisation.

©Family7 - Director: Alexander Blom, Presenter: Dolf van de Vegte, Camera: Joas Burggraaf. Special thanks to: Medair’s Communication Officer Wendy van Amerongen and the World Food Programme for making available their footage of the food-drops.

More about Family7: http://www.family7.nl/zuid-sudan
More about Medair: http://www.medair.org/